Mission Statement

Founded in 1985, WHAT seeks out the most interesting and provocative new works and recruits artists with the skill, imagination and vision to realize those works in production. The aesthetic that guides this mission is informed by this set of beliefs: -Live theater is an opportunity for us to engage the important issues of the world as they relate to us as individuals. -Live theater should be intellectually challenging as well as accessible and entertaining; live theater can and should, when necessary, speak of the unspeakable and not anesthetize its audience with palliatives. -Live theater should be enriching and humanizing to the audience that witnesses it and the artists that create it.